Restraint of domestic animals; a book for the use of students and practitioners; 312 illustrations from pen drawings and 26 half tones from original photographs . Fig. 143. Whitwells Casting and Securing Harness. HuTburts Casting and Securing Harness. The Hulburt casting and securing harness, Figure 144,consists of a very heavy and substantial body belt (f) made ofleather. This body belt is applied so that the four heavy metalDs (e) hang down under the chest. The body belt is pre-vented from slipping forward by a crupper. A rope rein (h)is fastened around lower jaw (j) and to body belt (i). Th


Restraint of domestic animals; a book for the use of students and practitioners; 312 illustrations from pen drawings and 26 half tones from original photographs . Fig. 143. Whitwells Casting and Securing Harness. HuTburts Casting and Securing Harness. The Hulburt casting and securing harness, Figure 144,consists of a very heavy and substantial body belt (f) made ofleather. This body belt is applied so that the four heavy metalDs (e) hang down under the chest. The body belt is pre-vented from slipping forward by a crupper. A rope rein (h)is fastened around lower jaw (j) and to body belt (i). This CASTING AND SECUEING HARNESS AND EOPES. 121 rein is used for controlling the head. A rope is looped aroundone hind pastern (a) and then carried forward (d) to andthrough one of the Ds of body helt. One fore leg is fixedby means of a knee strap to one of the Ds in the body belt;this puts the-horse on three legs, which places him at a dis-advantage while being cast by traction oh free end of rope (c)at the same time head is drawn around to side. After casting,the other two legs are secured to D of body belt by means ofhobbles and knee Fig. 144. Hulburts Casting and Securing Harness—Applied, G. W. Zieglers Casting Harness. The casting harness of G. W. Zieglet, Figure 145, consistsof an over-withers strap which carries at each end a heavy metalring (a); into this main ring another ring is fastened (b), alsothe girth rope, breast rope (j) and main casting rope (m). Thiscasting rope is passed over the back, then downward (c) to andthrough hobble strap ring (d) of off hind pastern, thence upwardand forward (f) to and through ring (b) on opposite side. 122 EESTEAINT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. The same arrangement of ropes is made on the other side. Onefore leg is flexed and fixed hy nsing a knee strap. The animalis cast by making traction on free ends of main ropes (n).


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